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Story run about noble's unreasonable request (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tall order

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'unreasonable request' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'story run about noble's' is the wordplay.
'story run' becomes 'taler' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'noble' becomes 'lord' (synonyms).
'taler' placed around 'lord' is 'TALL ORDER'.

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(Other definitions for tall order that I've seen before include "hard to fulfil?" , "as the building of Babel was?" , "Challenge" , "I want a skyscraper built by tomorrow" , "delivery of sequoias?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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